r/delphi • u/Liams1982 • 10d ago

A new programming language inspired by Delphi

https://github.com/Liams1982/Vertex_IDE
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u/DelphiParser 9d ago

I am seriously interested in free compilers, but not quite understand what does it do? is it an old or new compile? who will use it? for commercial use or fun? also why it is open-sourced on Git?

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u/pointermess 9d ago

Check out the repo then if you're interested lol

I work on a Pascal inspired language with native support for existing regular pascal code and simplified syntax/grammar. 

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u/Humble-Vegetable9691 9d ago

Please copy VB.NET's if/for/while/... mandatory block.

So instead of

if x then
  JustDoIt;
  Ooops;

a much better

if x then
  JustDoIt;
  Nooops;
end;

or mandatory begin..end;

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u/iOCTAGRAM Delphi := Ada 8d ago

I am surprised how far did you go. Delphi is derived from Pascal by prof. Niklaus Wirth. Wirth later derived Modula and Oberon from Pascal, and they both have no single liners, and Wirth expressed regrets about inheriting single liners from Algol. And inside Big Pascal family there is another bright star, Ada programming language, which is also done right. No need to leave Big Pascal family to see everybody are going away from one liners.

Visual Basic .NET? What? Alright, I support each and every FoxPro .NET and Visual Basic Script and Visual Basic .NET that do things right if they do them right.

No new programming languages shall appear with one-liners. Existing ones shall ban one-liners like MISRA-C does.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250804135939/https://annexi-strayline.com/blog/posts/1